Japan have already given back the fishing boat and its 14 crew, but are hanging on to the Captain for now for obstructing public officers performing their duties.

China has cancelled a whole bunch of meetings about things like trade and transportation but are going to have to come up with something a bit more scary than that to frighten the Japanese.

Not being very specific, spokesperson Ma said “China will take strong counter measures if the Japanese side clings obstinately to its own course and double its mistakes, and Japan shall bear all the consequences,”

Anti-Japanese protests have been staged in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang.The Japanese Embassy in China has warned Japanese citizens in China to be on guard.